The iPhone SDK is here (sort of) and that's certainly no reason to whine.
But it has a few ugly dents in its shiny new coat:
- Apple takes a 30 percent cut from developers selling apps. Imagine what would happen If they would do that to artists in the iTunes store...
- "Third party iPhone and iPod touch applications must be approved by Apple..." They must be joking. Developing apps for the iPhone is now officially a high risk business - at least if you are not Microsoft.
- "The iPhone Developer Program will initially be available in the US..." Wake up, guys, it's the 21st century!
Well, at least we have the simulator to play with.
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"Apple takes a 30 percent cut from developers selling apps. Imagine what would happen If they would do that to artists in the iTunes store..."
Um, at the iPhone Roadmap event, Steve-o said that's to par with what they take for music sold through iTunes. They actually take 31.5%.
Would you like some cheese to go with that wwwwwwhine?
Apple takes a 30 percent cut from developers selling apps.
You've never developed nor sold Palm software, have you? The tools suck, and the ESDs (Electronic Software Distributors) take a bigger cut of the pie -- 40% to 50%, sometimes more. And you don't get the convenience and integration of the iTunes Store, for that price. I find Apple's cut pretty reasonable.
"The iPhone Developer Program will initially be available in the US..."
I agree with you, this is lame.
Imagine what would happen If they would do that to artists in the iTunes store
Yes, imagine that.